#balkan folklore

[risvidas]

The River of Echoes 🗝

[orisnitsa]

Details of traditional clothing from Sandanski region, Bulgaria

📸 Hristina Klecherova

[thewinedarksea]

myth moodboard: dhampir

in balkan folklore, the offspring between a human and a vampire. dhampirs of paternal vampire descent could see invisible vampires and practice sorcery, so they often started careers as vampire hunters.

[nosferatu-roberteggers]

Inside 'Nosferatu': A Conversation with Robert Eggers and Willem Dafoe

* revenants || strigoi lover

[asyayordanova]

[zubata-zhaba]

This sketch has been around since 2017 and I guess it will never be more finished than this.

A couple of samodivas, some things more true to traditional beliefs than others - I gave them different complexions to reflect Bulgarian women, whereas traditionally they are blonde-haired and black-eyed. Their powers are stored in their chemise, which is unornamented (embroidery is to protect mortals). The different sleeves are based on different 19th-century and medieval chemises from Bulgaria and neighbouring regions. In some beliefs they wear colourful (but mostly green) belts, and green zubuns (outer garments). They are also typically imagined to be archers, riding six-winged deers.

[briefbestiary]

Strange plants of vampiric nature documented by Tatomir Vukanović. They ultimately transform into vampires when fighting one another. A method of destruction of these monsters described by Vukanović is to submerge and boil them in a pot, pour, scrub the remains away with a broom, and then burn the broom.

[idohistorysometimes]

The Pathology of Vampirism: The Diseases that create monsters

Without a doubt Vampires are probably one of the most recognizable monsters we have in Western Fiction and potentially even world fiction as

Yall ever wanted to know how your favorite monster is actually a walking pathogen?